In many ways God of War is what the series has always been. It’s a spectacular action game with epic set pieces, big-budget production values, and hard-hitting combat that grows more feverish and impressive as you progress.

What may surprise you is how mature its storytelling has become. Like Kratos, God of War recalls the past while acknowledging the need to improve. Everything new it does is for the better, and everything it holds onto benefits as a result.

Kratos is no longer a predictable brute. God of War is no longer an old-fashioned action series.

With this reboot, it confidently walks a new path that will hopefully lead to more exciting adventures to come.

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If you cast your minds back to the conversations surrounding The Last of Us movie, it’s probably only a matter of time before the same conversation is applied to God of War.